Chapter 48: Interest
Since Hui Lan was borrowed by a girl from a relative's family, there was always a few days of class missing every month. In this regard, Hui Lan was secretly happy in her heart, and the fourth lady was very envious.
After nearly three years of study, although Huilan is still not good at writing, her literacy ability is recognized as strong, which makes the teacher feel embarrassed. (Hehe, there are cheats after all!) )
The textbooks in the school are just read through with the teacher's learning, and my favorite is to read the books outside the classroom. Ever since I learned about the library in the house, I have devoted the rest of my free time to the books there, except when I go out and in the kitchen. The family from top to bottom didn't believe that she could understand a little girl who had just been enlightened, which Huilan held a book of words and words and threw herself into the sea of books.
Everyone was noncommittal, but the old lady let her go leniently, and only asked that she should not read at night, so as not to hurt her eyes. Of course, Huilan doesn't want to be a big myopia, and there are not necessarily glasses for her to wear here. Of course, strictly follow the old lady's wishes, and practice eye exercises diligently to protect your eyes.
A few girls who followed her, Qingguo was old and knew a lot of words, but she didn't know how to write. The daily life is enough, and she is busy, so Huilan did not force her to strengthen her studies. But from the willow buds and narcissus down, they are forced to read and write, especially the willow buds, who need to keep accounts, and they are even more conscientious.
It's a pity that the girls are of course not as hard as her, they all have errands, and some never get started. Huilan had to watch the girls let go of the ones who didn't get started after recognizing a hundred and ten common words, and only grabbed a few heartfelt key cares.
Liu Ya is half of her duty, and half of her is forced by Huilan, and she has become the latter group of people. In addition, there are four narcissus, jadeite, white jade, and green pine, and follow Huilan to open a small stove. It will take two years, and a few of them can be regarded as able to write, and Huilan feels very satisfied.
The pearl is skillful, the needlework is more open, and she has received the banner of narcissus and has become the master of the Huilan room. Tourmaline followed her mother, and she knew a little about the practice of the kitchen, and she was very attentive, so she didn't talk about anything else. Jasper is really blind to this name, likes martial arts and hates literature, and tanned even more; She is the beloved apprentice of the martial arts fist and foot master, and she pounces on it wholeheartedly, practicing Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer; is only 10 years old this year, but he can fight with the 12-year-old Si Niangzi, and he is looked at differently by the Si Niangzi and San Lang Jun. In addition to the green pine dexterity and the slightly brilliant comb hair, there is no one who has any outstanding place, at most it is just honest duty.
The two nurturing mothers, Hui Lan prefers the well-informed and talkative Mother Lin, and the maids in her house are similar. When Huilan divides the yard, Wang's mother is estimated to go back, and her upbringing mother only leaves one mother to be her housekeeper, and Huilan is more interested in Lin's mother.
After three years of accumulation, Huilan's waist bag is very bulging. What should you do when you have money, of course, is to buy a house! This should be the most unswerving lifelong concept of everyone in later generations.
It happened that my grandfather returned to Beijing the year before last, and he borrowed Steward Li and Steward Zhou to help them buy a house and property. Hui Lan also took the opportunity to ask them to help her grandfather's family with all her might, and then pay attention to the houses in the city and the fertile fields in the suburbs.
In the end, my grandfather's family set up a three-entry house in the east of the city, a shop on Gulou Street, two shops in the west of the city, and two Zhuangzi with a total of 20 hectares in Daxing. spent nearly 50,000 taels of silver, and Huilan also secretly praised her grandfather's wealthy family. After all, there is still a house shop Zhuangzi in Guanzhong's hometown, and these are other properties purchased in the capital, and it seems that there will be someone in the grandfather's family who will be stationed in Beijing.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Steward Li also gave the family a set of three-entry mansions in the left close phase of the Guozijian. Guozijian is not far from the Gongyuan, there are all students and supervisors, bookstores, calligraphy and painting shops, pen and ink shops abound. Huilan happened to have a shop in that area, in the front street, and the house in the back street.
Huilan was moved to hear this, and asked her uncle to help inquire about the seller's roots. I learned that it was the ancestral home of an old tribute, and his father had also been an official, but he had not been able to be a jinshi in his lifetime. Now that I'm old, I can't pass the exam, and my life may be hard, so I want to go back to my hometown, so I have to sell my house.
Because I want to clear it, the asking price is slightly higher, so although there are several wants, they have not yet decided. Hui Lan immediately made a decision, and asked her uncle to send someone to do it, and the house was written in his name first, and then transferred when she was fifteen years old.
Seeing that she was very resolute, her uncle did not refuse, but he also persuaded her tactfully. The family has sufficient assets, and she is an orphan girl, so don't be too public. Hui Lan understands in seconds, saying that as a junior, she relies on the legacy of her ancestors, and she always feels ashamed. Now this is the only time to enrich the family business, which can be regarded as a little contribution of the descendants of the Li family.
This is not an excuse, she is an outsider and has inherited such a large fortune. I should have been satisfied, but I always felt that it was not as real as a castle in the air. That's why I wanted to buy a house by myself, so that I could have a little sense of belonging.
Uncle was just kind enough to remind her, seeing that she was sensible, and her starting point was also good. So I happily agreed to come down and ordered to go down, and the red deed would be in hand in the afternoon. Even the purchase of a house with taxes and remuneration for the Chinese people cost Huilan almost 5,000 taels of silver. The pain of cutting flesh made Huilan's sense of belonging directly burst the table.
Hui Lan thought about making some plans for Steward Li, Steward Zhou and other loyal servants in the future. Zhang Luo also placed four small villages not far from his own grange, ranging from fifty or sixty acres to a hundred acres of land. This is to invite my aunt to come forward to settle down, and the reason is also clarified. My aunt didn't say anything, and praised her for being kind. I happily helped to complete the formalities and contract. This went out for nearly two thousand taels, and Hui Lan was in pain and satisfied.
After nearly three years of operation, of course, it was the management of Steward Li and Steward Zhou, and Hui Lan had saved 30,000 yuan in private money. This time, another year's earnings were tossed out. Although they didn't say anything, Huilan was still quite embarrassed. The so-called cub selling Ye Tian is not distressed, although she has a reason. So Hui Lan decided not to buy land on a large scale in the future, and the existing things were enough for her ten lifetimes. Even if you give the family heirs in the future, the family business will be enough.
Hui Lan decided to write and publish books if she had the energy in the future, even if she didn't make money, it would be a career. Otherwise, people will only be left to eat, drink, and Lazar when they live, receive gifts and give gifts to save money, etc., and this kind of mixed eating and waiting for death is too unpursued. Who made her a little girl, those visions of traveling around the world and traveling the world are too unrealistic. Then settle for the next best, after all, people always need a goal to live.
What she can find now that is closer to realizing the value of life is to read books and code words, after all, where the interest is, the love is the favor. So Huilan is very determined, the so-called life is endless, and she has been working hard.